[comp.sys.hp] ADUS workstation users group

daeltoft@icaen.uiowa.edu (Doug Eltoft) (06/12/91)

Greetings!
    As the current president of ADUS, I would like to get some input
from HP-UX workstation users.  First a little background.  ADUS is a
computer users group founded 10 years ago for Apollo workstation
users that currently has some 6800 members worldwide that are
essentially Domain/OS users. Membership is heavily weighted toward
system administrators. ADUS membership is free.  Following the HP
purchase of Apollo we changed our bylaws to position ADUS as a users
group for all HP workstation users.   As you would expect (I think
:-) ) ADUS has developed a strong relationship with what is now HP's
Workstation Systems Division and used to be the Apollo Systems
Division and we have also developed an on going relationship with
Interex.  ADUS publishes a quarterly newsletter, holds an annual
conference, has a software library service, and an Internet node with
several modems.  The software is available free over the net or at
cost by tape.
    The ADUS conference will be held concurrently with the Interex
conference this year in SanDiego, starting Aug 4 at the hotel next to
the conference center.  The ADUS conference will focus on getting
information from HP workstation engineers (both HW and SW) and
planners and providing them with user input.  The main hot topic will
be  HP's version of OSF and the users migration to OSF.  HP has been
telling us for two years that OSF is HP's strategic UNIX operating
system and that both Domain/OS and HP-UX will fade away as HP
workstation users migrate to HP-OSF.  ADUS is positioning itself to
be actively involved in this transition.  We are in the process of
joining OSF as a user group and have established OSF contacts within
HP.  HP has been working with ADUS to set up a proactive workstation
Engineering Directions session at this conference.  
    Anyone interested can get more information on ADUS or the
conference from Carol Relph. Phone 508/256-6600 ex7646 or email
relph_c@apollo.hp.com

    So much for the advertisement.  I am soliciting comments from the
readers of comp.sys.hp on the following:

1)  What is the level of interest by HP-UX workstation users in
    joining ADUS and developing an HP-UX side to ADUS?  Any
    volunteers?

2)  What, if anything, do you feel ADUS could do to address your
    interests/needs as an HP workstation user/system administrator?

    Let me state that we are *not* interested in duplicating Interex
services or in fighting with them for members. We do feel that we are
better set up to deal with HP workstation issues.

3)  Are their any demographics on the readers of comp.sys.hp?  Does
    anyone have a feel (guess) for the number of HP-UX workstation
    users reading this news feed and what % that is of the total?

4)  What is the level of interest in OSF?  In general does the HP-UX
    workstation user community know that HP-UX will be replaced by
    OSF?  Is this viewed as a big deal or just another %-} OS
    upgrade?

5)  What type of presentation or activity would get the HP-UX
    workstation user interested in ADUS and the ADUS conference?  

6)  Would the presentations at the ADUS conference by OSF staff and
    HP staff on OSF (Motif, OSF/1, DCE, ANDEF, OSF plans, HP plans)
    be enough to get you to think about attending?

7)  Have the 9000 4xx machines configured for HP-UX been shipping
    with information about ADUS?

8)  Any general thoughts or comments?

    Thank you in advance.


    Douglas A. Eltoft                    ADUS is a not for profit   
    ADUS President                       HP-workstation users group 
    
    telephone:  319/335-5751
    email:      daeltoft@icaen.uiowa.edu